Understanding _computers

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Understanding computers 3 Weeks (15 days)
Day 1: Parts of a computer Tim, Journey Inside the Computer (Input, process, output)
Day 2: Jouney Inside Computer: "How micropocessors work" "What is Binary Information"
Day 3: Parts inside computer lab.
Day 4: Journey Inside Computer: "How transistors work." Tansistor Lab.
Day 5: Understanding an Operating System
Day 6: Understand Operating System, Day 2
Day 7: Desktop Lab with Moodle Quiz #3
Day 8: Path statement lesson
Day 9: Lab on file management(File movement)
Day 10: File type manipulation Lab (compatibility) Moodle#4
Day 11: LAN lesson
Day 12: WAN Internet - visualroute.com
Day 13: Peter Packet -Lab MoodleQuiz#5
Day 14: Moodle Test unit 1

Alternative Unit Plan:

Day 2: Computer History


A. History of Computers
  • Mechanical
    • abacus, pascaline, slide rule
  • Analog
    • astrolabe, gear trains, slide rule
  • Digital
    • ENIAC
B. Understanding the parts of a computer using:
  • Input
    • keyboard, mouse, scanner, microphone, touch pad, light pen, joystick, digital camera, video camera, game controller.
  • memory
    • RAM, ROM, Removable drive; (CDROM, DVD, floppy), Hardrive (internal, external, network), flash drives, portable; (SD, compact flash, memory stick}
  • processer
    • Fetch, Decode, Execute
  • output / deliver information
    • monitor, printer, speakers, CNC

C. Digital Information
  • Digitial vs Analog
    • Analog, varying voltages, volumes, rotations
      • uses dials for output - clock with hands
    • Digital - Digit means #
      • divided up into specific increments and assigned #s - Digital clock
  • Binary Code
    • Bits zeros and ones
  • Pixels and Binary
  • Binary Numbers

D. Microprocessors:
  • Fetch, Decode, Execute
  • Scale of Transistors
  • How Microprocessors are Made

E. How the operating system works
  • What is an operating system
  • Windows Environment, MAC OS,
    • 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP, Vista, next...?
  • Desktop
    • icons, taskbar, quicklaunch bar, system tray
    • Where is the desktop? Folder in documents and settings
    • Startmenu
      • what is available in the startmenu
        • control panel
        • help
        • shortcuts
      • editing and organizing the startmenu
        • right and left click
    • Menu bar (Transferrable skills)
      • File
      • Edit
      • View
      • Insert
      • Format
      • Tools
      • Window
      • Help

F. File management
  • File names
  • Extensions
  • Drives
  • Folders

G. Networking
  • Peer to peer
  • Hubs and Switches

H. Internet
  • RSS? (from Digital Citizenship Unit?)
  • Information Management
  • Servers
  • Routers

Possible Resources
Intel Video "Jouney Inside the Computer" http://www.intel.com/education/journey/
History or computers http://www.thocp.net/
Binary calculator, http://mistupid.com/computers/binaryconv.htm
File extensions, http://mistupid.com/computers/filetypes.htm
4 parts of a PC http://educate.intel.com/discover/JourneyInside/TJI_Intro_lesson2_1/default.aspx